Factory Material Requirement Planner

Role & responsibilities

• Create an optimized replenishment plan for raw and pack material for short term ensuring zero loss of production due to material availability
• Create an optimized replenishment plan for raw and packaging materials over an 18 month horizon that ensures supply of material to production whilst ensuring that the working capital targets for raw and packaging materials are met and waste is reduced by minimizing write-offs
• Monitors supply signals through the use of MRP purchase requisitions ensuring delivery dates, lead times and required quantities are correct and finally creating purchase orders and ensuring their fulfillment by the supplier.
• Manages directly with the defined supplier the delivery of materials: this includes creating, sending, confirming, receiving, investigating errors and discrepancies on blocked or parked invoice lines and handling all exceptions / issues in those operations, including claims management.
• Define the stock policy and management approach to be applied to each SKU within their portfolio Identification of practical issues concerning material supply and demand for raw and packaging materials Ensures excellent supplier relationships - Involve suppliers in Supply Chain improvement exercises that creates shared value for both Nestlé and their suppliers

Key Experiences

• Two or more years of relevant operational experience at market / business level is useful, in at least one of the following areas:
• DPS Planning
• DRP planning
• Operational buyer
• University Graduates - Experience in the following processes would be highly beneficial
  - Product lifecycle process
  - Insight into capacity details, PV version, line outputs